Brown and Skole Continue Hot Start to Season

Leesburg, Fla. – Jumping out to a quick start, the Lake-Sumter State College baseball team owns a 3-2 record after week one of the season.

The bats were out in force against Southeastern University JV and TNXL Academy. Runs were a plenty as the Lakehawks scored 17 runs on 14 hits during the two games. It took 12 innings for LSSC to knock off Southeastern, 8-7. Mickey Skole went 3 for 6 including two doubles and drove in a run. Chenar Brown and Gabriel Dorsey tallied two hits each and combined to bring around four runs. Josh Plasencia recorded his first win of the season going three innings with Easton Jackson coming in for the save.

Brown kept the bat going against TNXL Academy with a double and a single to his credit. Dorsey added two RBI's to his season total in the 9-0 win. Aaron Perry earned his second victory of the season from the mound and is now 2-0. Six other pitchers threw in the game and combined to throw eight innings, allowing just two hits and striking out nine.

Next up was Palm Beach State College. LSSC collected nine hits in the contest, but could not string them together when they needed them most and fell to the Panthers, 9-1. It was Skole again with a three hit performance as he continues his hot start to the season. Naphis Llanos went 2 for 4 and beat out a triple while Brown notched two more hits of his own. Matt Paulo went five solid innings, but was hit with the loss.

The final game of the week was on the road against Polk State. It was a battle through the first six innings with both teams tied up 3-3. A five run seventh inning, followed by a seven run eighth inning put the Eagles out in front for good. LSSC totaled 10 hits, but could only get across the three runs early in the game and fell, 15-3. Markantony Perez, Brandon Riehm and Paulo all had multi-hit games with two base knocks each. Angel Padilla added his first home run of the season in a losing effort.

After the first five games of the season, the Lakehawks are hitting .270 as a team and averaging just under eight runs a game. Brown has opened the season on a complete tear hitting .550 while slugging .800 with a team leading 11 hits and seven RBI's. Skole has collected three extra base hits and is carrying a .381 batting average through five starts.